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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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Any opinions on the quality of the Chicago Rawhide rear wheel bearings vs. the GM wheel bearings. This is the first time i've used Chicago Rawhide and I have to say their quality dare I say seems to better than the GM bearings I had been using. Got these from Zip products and the tech there told me he thought the Chicagos were better in the long run? Feedback on this....thanx....G
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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C/R is probably just one of the suppliers who furnished these in the first place. Bearing companies sometimes even buy from each other between runs of a certain part#. Any of the known name brands such as C/R should be fine and I wouldn't worry.
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I got them from Pep Boys a couple years ago and they are still tight.
Almost 90K worth of easy street miles.
(with a lifetime warranty!)

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At least one negative comment turns up in results from
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Search term: "Chicago Rawhide"

Chicago Rawhide Bearing/Hub failed after 2,500K

There are lots of tips about prices in the results, too.

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Originally Posted by Slalom4me
At least one negative comment turns up in results from
an Advanced Search.

Search term: "Chicago Rawhide"

Chicago Rawhide Bearing/Hub failed after 2,500K

There are lots of tips about prices in the results, too.

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Yeah but, I'd kinda expect it to fail after 2,500K miles, which is 2,500,000 miles.
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Originally Posted by LT4CompYell
Yeah but, I'd kinda expect it to fail after 2,500K miles, which is 2,500,000 miles.
Fuzzy math.
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